Easter

Easter was a fun day filled with tradition and sincere love of the Savior. Thankful hearts for His sacrifice for us and the knowledge that by Him and through Him we can live again with our families forever. We enjoyed our traditional ham dinner with carrot cake for dessert, the Easter bunny paid us a visit and we rounded out the Easter experience with a traditional egg hunt. That night after we put Madelynne in bed we heard her crying. When we went in her room to see what was wrong she said, "I miss the Easter bunny." We assured her there is always next Easter.

Eggs to Dye For!

We started with this...


added a little bit of this...


and ended up with these beauties!






Jackson played with his toys while we changed the eggies (in Madelynne's words) into works of art.



The two eggs I managed to color in the time it took Matt and Madelynne to color all the rest!




What a fun spring tradition of coloring Easter eggs! This is actually the first time Madelynne has ever done it, so it was especially exciting to try something new. Madelynne and Matt ending up coloring most of the eggs. I spent too much time "designing" my eggs and ending up only coloring two. We colored them as our FHE activity after having our Easter lesson. For great ideas for FHE lessons click here.

Gym and Swim

In preparation for the summer swimming season we enrolled Madelynne in a Gym and Swim class at the local YMCA. Madelynne is like a little fish-she loves to go swimming! After class is over each week she enjoys telling me all about how she got to swim like a mermaid. And the fact she gets to take the class with her best friend, Eve, makes it even more fun. The only thing that could make the experience better is if Ariel showed up to swim with her!

Memo to Mother Nature

Dear Mother Nature,

Waking up this morning to 20 degree weather with a chance of snow is not Spring weather. Please remedy the situation ASAP.

The Spring Hopefuls

St. Patrick's Day 2009

Here is my St. Patrick's Day project. I made these lucky blocks out of wood blocks painted a natural color. Then I decoupaged scrapbook papers and letters right onto the blocks. The letters were just black card stock cut out on my friend's Cricut.


This year's Green Dinner menu was Chicken Kiev, Broccoli Salad and Green Grapes. I was going to also make green mashed potatoes, but completely spaced it until after everything else was ready, so no mashed potatoes. It was still a fun green dinner with or without the mashed potatoes.

No green dinner is complete without Leprechaun Juice (aka known as Lime Sherbet Punch).

March Lunch Bunch

My friend, Kristen, hosted Lunch Bunch this month. Isn't the table cute? The menu was Chicken Salad Croissant Sandwiches, Strawberry Spinach Salad, and Spinach Artichoke Dip with Chips. Dessert was this incredible Fruit Pizza.







Of course I always get distracted visiting with my friends and I forget to photograph them! Here is my cute little man at Lunch Bunch. He is growing up way too fast!

Bring it-Spring!

Dear Mother Nature,

Next Friday, March 20th, is quickly approaching. We just wanted to make sure you were aware this is the first day of spring. If you could arrange with Old Man Winter to take a hike and let spring come on time we would greatly appreciate it!

Love, The Greenway Family